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CURRENT EVENTS(updated March 2017)

I am now a contracted author.

The novella I wrote in 2015 was submitted to Prairie Rose Publications and accepted as part of their A Song To Remember box set from their imprint, Fire Star Press. The story is loosely related to Rehearsal, but it is also a lead-in to the third series by Ella M. Kaye: Songwriters & Cities. The first story of the series is in first draft and will be developed after the release of the 3rd Artists book. I'll have more info about release dates for the anthology box set soon! (The series books will remain indie published.)

The second EMK Artists & Cottages book, Shadows of Blues & Echoes, was released in March 2016, and the 3rd of the series, Shadows of Rust & Reels, is expected during March 2017. Find info over at EllaMKaye.com.

I'm fully enjoying writing these shorter novels and novellas where I'm
dealing with different mental issues in different settings along with
each growing relationship.

Rehearsal: In Refluent Waters (book 4 of the epic rock saga serial), was released in November 2016. I've also been breaking the long books into shorter pieces -- one per section -- and putting them out as separate ebooks. The prologue (Overture) is a free download. All sections of the first book, Rehearsal: A Different Drummer, are available for purchase at Smashwords and BN.com. (The mobi version for Kindle is available at Smashwords.)

I also have a lit fic still in progress, a couple of youth books and a couple of children's books
on the back burner, as well as beginning sketches for the next Thoughts & Sketches journal.

Writer at Work! Stay tuned...

OTHER NEW(ISH) LK RELEASES:

Stanley: A Raindrop's Story hardcover edition

Stanley
has become a very popular book for all ages. Originally written for
my own children, military brats who had plenty of hard adjustments throughout
their young lives, it received enough interest to put it into limited
distribution book form in 2006.As interest grew, I realized it needed better
distribution and I wanted to incorporate the beautiful quilt created
by Dorothy LW Murphy made to honor the story. Therefore, the wide distribution
paperback edition in 2010.

It has continued to increase in popularity, with fans of the story buying
copies for every baby shower and birthday party, as well as missionaries
using it in their work, and friends giving it to adults going through
a rough patch.

I am honored that this little story means so much
to so many. It deserves a hardcover edition. Now it has one.

Writing is incredible therapy. My interest in
helping to guide people out of darkness led, back in my college days,
to a psychology degree. I use what I learned in school, as well as from
my own observations, in my books instead of in field work. One topic
that especially hit me was Narrative Therapy. Not in practice much in
the US as of now, narrative therapy states that the person is not the
problem; the problem is the problem, and the stories we are told about
ourselves interfere with our own personal narrative. We can rewrite
our own narrative once we realize we're living with other people's narratives
of our lives. The best way to explore the difference between others'
narratives and our own is to write it out.

At Elucidate Publishing,
I'm getting resources together to spread the idea of Writing the Light
In through storytelling, journaling, memoirs, etc. Go to the site for
personal essays about how authors and others have used writing as self-therapy.
Write The Light In is also on Pinterest
and Twitter.

Along with this, I've been watching the rise in popularity of adult
coloring books. I like the idea, but for me, it's not enough to only
fill in what someone else created. The biggest therapeutic advantage
is in the creativity. So, I came up with my own version: writing/coloring/sketching
journals with some full page images that are less detail-intense than
many adult coloring books and most open enough to add to them with more
images or with words, or simply enjoy the wider open coloring spaces.
Along with this, there are plenty of lined pages for writing out thoughts
and blank pages for unbound writing or for sketching.

Gates & Gardens is the first of this journal series. I have several
more planned. Because I like my journals and sketch books to lie flat
instead of fighting with a spine, and because sometimes I want a nice
large space and other times a small easy-to-carry book, there are two
editions: an 8.5x11 coil bound 200 page full edition and an A5 (pocket
size) 64 page saddle-stiched mini edition.

If you're a professional in the field and would like to write a brief
article pertaining to writing as therapy/narrative therapy, or if you're
an author who would like to guest blog on the theme, please email.

WEST
PA AUTHORS BOOK FESTIVAL

The
first two West PA Book Festivals went incredibly well. We had 17 authors
and several groups in attendance the first year, with 26 authors the second year, and a good crowd of book lovers who
came to meet us. My huge thanks to authors, sponsors, and attendees
for making it a big success. Plans are underway for year 3!

Mercer,
Pennsylvania, the seat of Mercer County, is a beautiful hilly small
town with Victorian buildings and very few stop lights. It's currently
in the middle of a revival led by small business owners and area artists.
Attending authors come from the West PA area, plus a few from nearby
Ohio and New York. We also have with readings and activities for kids,
plus local library representatives and other literary groups.